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A review by bookph1le
The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor
4.0
I was surprised by how much I liked this book. I started out thinking it was a mystery/thriller, and though those elements are there, I would classify this more as horror. I'm not typically a horror reader, so when I could see the book heading in that direction I wasn't sure if I wanted to stick with it. I'm glad I did.
What worked most for me was the main character. He's awful. He's frank about being a liar, and he's a fraud in pretty much every sense. So I loved that the author made him so compelling to me. I loved that I needed to know what had happened to him, what his story was, even though I did not like him. Give me all the unlikable, unreliable characters--as long as you make them compelling.
Creepy and lightly supernatural, this book kept me turning pages.
What worked most for me was the main character. He's awful. He's frank about being a liar, and he's a fraud in pretty much every sense. So I loved that the author made him so compelling to me. I loved that I needed to know what had happened to him, what his story was, even though I did not like him. Give me all the unlikable, unreliable characters--as long as you make them compelling.
Creepy and lightly supernatural, this book kept me turning pages.